Cricket matches, New York parties and dazzling stagecraft: jazz star Cleo Laine’s life in pictures

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  • Dame Cleo Laine attends the Jazz FM awards at Shoreditch town hall, London, in 2018

    Dame Cleo Laine attends the Jazz FM Awards 2018 at Shoreditch Town Hall April 2018 in London
  • The singer photographed at her home in Wavendon, near Milton Keynes, in 2009

    Cleo Laine photographed at her home in Wavendon , near Milton Keynes in England, 2009
  • Laine and her husband, John Dankworth, perform at the BBC Jazz awards in 2008

    Dame Cleo Laine and Sir John Dankworth perform at the BBC Jazz Awards, London, July 2008
  • On stage at the Brecon jazz festival in Wales in August 1995

    Cleo Laine performs live on stage at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales, August 1995
  • The singer on stage in 1995

    Cleo Laine performs live on stage in 1995
  • In New York in 1990

    Cleo Laine in New York, 1990
  • Laine appeared on a televised concert of winners of the Lifetime Achievement award of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, on Broadway in 1987

    Cleo Lane – Lifetime Achievement Award winner of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) at the Mark Hellinger Theater on Broadway, 1987
  • Performing at a gala at the Lincoln Center in New York in 1987

    Cleo Laine attends Show Business Applauds Lincoln Center Gala on June 1, 1987 in New York City
  • Laine’s 55th birthday party at Jacqueline’s Restaurant, New York City, in 1982

    Cleo Laine attends at her 54th Birthday Party, October 29, 1982 at Jacqueline’s Restaurant in New York City
  • The singer in 1979

    Cleo Laine, circa 1979
  • On the variety programme Bonkers, with a trio of backing singers in drag, in 1979

    Jazz and pop singer Cleo Laine performing on set with a trio of backing singers in drag, likely on the set of variety programme Bonkers, circa 1979
  • Performing with the Australian classical guitarist John Williams at BBC Television Centre in 1977

    Australian classical guitarist John Williams performs with English singer Cleo Laine on a television show at BBC Television Centre in London in November 1977
  • Playing cricket with Dusty Springfield in a celebrity match at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, 1976

    Dusty Springfield and Cleo Laineparticipate in a celebrity cricket match at the Bel-Air Hotel in Los Angeles, California, September 1976
  • On stage in London in 1976

    Cleo Laine performs live on stage in London in 1976
  • The star with an orchestra in 1974

    Jazz singer Cleo Laine with a group of musicians, June 1974
  • Performing in 1974

    Cleo Laine performs live on stage in April 1974
  • On stage in 1974

    Cleo Laine performs on stage, UK, April 1974
  • Cleo Laine in 1985

    Cleo Laine, circa 1985
  • The star photographed in 1972

    Cleo Laine, c 1972
  • Laine at home in the UK in 1971

    Cleo Laine, at home, United Kingdom, 1971
  • Dankworth and Laine in June 1970

    Jazz composer John Dankworth and singer and actress Cleo Laine under a tree, June 1970
  • Laine in 1968

    Cleo Laine, 1968
  • Laine and Dankworth performing together on the BBC in 1963

    Cleo Laine and jazz musician John Dankworth perform together on a television show at BBC Television Centre in London in 1963
  • Laine, seated centre, in the musical Cindy-Ella, or I Gotta Shoe (with fellow cast members George Browne, Elizabeth Welch and Cy Grant) at the Garrick theatre in the West End in 1962

     George Browne, Elizabeth Welch and Cy Grant, Garrick Theatre, London, December 16th 1962
  • Performing at the Beaulieu jazz festival in 1959

    Cleo Laine, at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, August 1959
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